When you generally look at creation/evolution debates, people actually seem pretty smart. So I'm thinking “how could one reach the smart people with the gospel?”

Then we have people like those in the audience. People who come across as somewhat ignorant (I don't mean that in the derogatory sense).
So now I'm asking myself “how could one reach THOSE people with the gospel?”

Then I go out and about with my daily life, and I find neither of these people. So I come to three conclusions:

A) The general population is neither of the above.
B) For some reason, the above types of people are missing from the world I actually see day by day
C) The above types of people tend to be around each other much, as seen in the video :P Which I guess explains why I see neither type of person on a day by day basis.

So ultimately I'm left with one question: “how do I reach the people I DO see on a day by day basis with the gospel?”

:P

We could further conclude that the audience much enjoyed the fact that no one had a clue about what they were saying … draw from that what you will about what that says regarding the audience … ;)

I think what bothers me about this format is that, even if you manage to ask a good question, you're not given time to respond to the answer and so if that answer makes you look stupid, the other guy gets praise from the audience :P

The overall feel of the show I got was “let's make Christians look stupid and elevate Mr. Dawkins”.

But to sum it up I would say: “no one seemed to have a clue about what they were saying”

Neither would I despair that there are no orthodox theological colleges – I'd rather agree that there are, unfortunately, members of faculty in such institutions who may themselves hold unorthodox views (and thus on that score it would only be by strength of numbers to state that a college was either orthodox or not). And even if so, I still would find it difficult to believe that the ABC were unable to find anyone in Australia who was better educated and more articulate than Fielding when it came to defending a creationist point of view.

In my mind, it's as if the ABC didn't even try and – perhaps closer to the truth – simply had no desire to present a balanced view for the topic discussed. Of course, I speculate, but I've no reason to think I'm far off on that score.

Real, historical Christianity is long gone.

It wouldn't have taken too much effort to find suitable opposing minds in Australia to sit beside Dawkins in this discussion. But, no – instead they placed Fielding, looking like a stuffed chicken, right next to Dawkins. It was laughable.